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Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (Japanese: ????, September 28 1511 – December 29 1535) was the 7th lord over the Matsudaira clan
Matsudaira clan

The was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. It first originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province ....
 during the Sengoku period
Sengoku period

The was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict in Japan that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century....
 (16th century) of Japan. Kiyoyasu was the grandfather of the exceedingly famous unifier of Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Japanese name|Tokugawa}} was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara  in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868....
. Kiyoyasu soon gained control of the whole of the northern region of Mikawa province
Mikawa Province

is an old provinces of Japan in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. Mikawa bordered on Owari province, Mino province, Shinano province, and Totomi Province provinces....
 after the Saigo clan had surrendered after four generations of conflict between the two clans. The Okazaki castle
Okazaki Castle

, although not the same castle as was originally built, nor in the same place, nevertheless has a long history dating back to 1455, when it was built by warrior Saigo Tsugiyori....
 was also built as a monument towards the Matsudaira's power.






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Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (Japanese: ????, September 28 1511 – December 29 1535) was the 7th lord over the Matsudaira clan
Matsudaira clan

The was a Japanese clan that claimed descent from the Minamoto clan. It first originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province ....
 during the Sengoku period
Sengoku period

The was a time of social upheaval, political intrigue, and nearly constant military conflict in Japan that lasted roughly from the middle of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century....
 (16th century) of Japan. Kiyoyasu was the grandfather of the exceedingly famous unifier of Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Japanese name|Tokugawa}} was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara  in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868....
. Kiyoyasu soon gained control of the whole of the northern region of Mikawa province
Mikawa Province

is an old provinces of Japan in the area that today forms the eastern half of Aichi Prefecture. Mikawa bordered on Owari province, Mino province, Shinano province, and Totomi Province provinces....
 after the Saigo clan had surrendered after four generations of conflict between the two clans. The Okazaki castle
Okazaki Castle

, although not the same castle as was originally built, nor in the same place, nevertheless has a long history dating back to 1455, when it was built by warrior Saigo Tsugiyori....
 was also built as a monument towards the Matsudaira's power. However, certain hatred began growing within a certain retainer of Kiyoyasu's, a retainer by the name of Abe Masatoyo. During the year of 1535, this certain retainer had somehow sneaked into Kiyoyasu's secret chambers and slew him with his Muramasa
Muramasa

Muramasa Sengo was a famous swordsmith who founded the Muramasa school and lived during the Muromachi period in Japan. Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook said that Muramasa "was a most skillful smith but a violent and ill-balanced mind verging on madness, that was supposed to have passed into his blades....They were popularly believed to hunge...
 blade. After the revolt had been subdued, and peace returned to the Matsudaira, Matsudaira Hirotada
Matsudaira Hirotada

was the lord of Okazaki Castle in Mikawa province, Japan during the Sengoku Period of the 16th century. He is best known for being the father of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate....
, father of Ieyasu, would succeed to the throne of power within the Matsudaira clan.